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Your University, Your City

Since its founding in 1906, Suffolk University has made a commitment to provide its students with unparalleled experiences and opportunities. Explore our unique downtown Boston location, and then consider the many paths your life might take from here.

Getting Started

We’re excited that you want to learn more about Suffolk, and we think you’ll like what you find. Whether you’re looking into colleges or graduate school programs, we’re eager to help answer your questions and walk you through the application process.

No Boundaries

A Community of Learning

As you start your academic journey, you’ll find a supportive network of faculty, staff, and classmates ready to help you succeed. We let you chart the course your education takes, from traditional classes enriched by real-world experiences to research projects, study abroad, internships, and more.

Life As We Know It

Suffolk places you smack in the heart of Boston, with countless activities at hand and unexpected opportunities around every corner. Whether you’re commuting or living on campus, you’ll find yourself making connections and getting involved.

An Extended Family

When you graduate from Suffolk, you join a strong alumni community that will continue to enrich your life. More than 70,000 living Suffolk alumni stay connected with each other and the University, supporting their alma mater—including current students—in a whole bunch of ways.

Celebrate your Suffolk pride! This special weekend will be the perfect opportunity for you and your whole family to reconnect with Suffolk. October 12–14, 2017

Whether you're a student-athlete, an alum, or just looking for the latest game times, you'll find plenty of excitement in Suffolk athletics. We believe that athletic participation and competition are important aspects of the college experience. Lessons discovered through athletic participation contribute to success in a student's college years as well as in their future professional and personal experiences.

Invest in Excellence

Each graduate and friend of Suffolk University has the potential to make Suffolk even greater. We encourage giving at every level, with an emphasis on scholarships for a new generation of Suffolk students. Thank you so much for your support.

Group Insurance

Current Rates

Health Insurance

All employees who are regularly scheduled to work 21 or more hours per week and all titled faculty (professor, associate professor, assistant professor, instructor) are eligible for membership in one of the Group Health Insurance Plans, effective with their date of employment. Lecturers should consult their collective bargaining agreement.

The employee and the University both contribute to the cost of health insurance. Benefits are available for spouses, domestic partners and dependents.

Harvard Pilgrim Health Care

For information on Suffolk’s health insurance plans, please visit the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care website. This site provides summary of benefits for the plans, a summary of prescription drug coverage, a benefit handbook and online enrollment information.

Dental Insurance

All employees who are regularly scheduled to work 21 or more hours per week and all titled faculty (professor, associate professor, assistant professor, instructor) are eligible for membership in the Dental Insurance Plan. Benefits are available for spouses, domestic partners and dependent children. Lecturers should consult their contract.

The employee and the University both contribute to the cost of dental insurance. Benefits are available for spouses, domestic partners and dependents.

Delta Dental Plan

Delta Premier Plan benefits are most comprehensive when members use a participating dentist. The plan provides full coverage for preventive and diagnostic services, 80% coverage for restorative services, and 50% for major services (i.e. crowns, inlays, and bridges) up to a calendar year maximum of $1500 per person. There is a $50 per individual, $150 per family calendar year deductible. The orthodontia benefit pays 50% of covered orthodontia expenses, up to $1500 lifetime orthodontia maximum per participant under the age of 19. For more information on Suffolk’s dental insurance plan, please visit the following sites:

Life Insurance

Basic Group Term Life and Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance

All administrative and support staff employees who are regularly scheduled to work 21 or more hours per week, and all titled faculty (professor, associate professor, assistant professor, instructor), are eligible for Basic Term Life and Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance, effective with their date of employment. Basic coverage equals one times the employee’s base annual salary up to $100,000, and is free of charge to the employee.

Additional Life Insurance

All administrative and support staff employees who are regularly scheduled to work 21 or more hours per week, and titled faculty (professor, associate professor, assistant professor, instructor) may purchase, through payroll deduction, additional life insurance equal to, at the employee’s option, 1 to 5 times base annual salary. The maximum amount of additional life insurance is $750,000. Medical certification is required for amounts over $375,000. The employee pays the full cost of the additional insurance which is calculated based on age and volume of insurance.

Total Disability Insurance

All administrative and support staff employees who are regularly scheduled to work 21 or more hours per week, and all titled faculty (professor, associate professor, assistant professor, instructor) who have been employed for one year are eligible for participation in the total disability insurance plan. The plan provides a monthly income continuation following six consecutive months of total disability, and a continuation of contributions for those enrolled in the Standard Retirement Plan. The University covers the entire cost of this plan.